Coke-quenching apparatus.



PATEN'IED SEPT. 11, 1906.'

B. F. LLOYD. 00KB QUENGHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 1.0V. 14,1904.

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- ERNEST F. trio-YD, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatentd sa v. 11, 1908.

Application filed November 14, 1904. Serial No. 235,623.

a T0 at; whom it may concern:

' accompanying drawings, in which Be it known that l, Ensas'r F. LLOYD, a citizen of the United States of Amer ca, re. siding at Detroit. in the county of, Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in oke- Quenching Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, refermce being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

"T his invention relates, broadly, to means for handling hot coke as it is taken. from the retorts or coke-ovens, and includes means for quenching and cooling the coke in the process of handling it, and the invention is particularly adapted for use where a large number of retort-s are arranged in a bank, as is the case in gas-works, for which my invention forms a labor-saving device, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the Figure 1 is an end elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a central cross-section of Fig. 2.

. A represents the ground-floor of the retorthouse. B represents the discharge and of one of a bank of retorts supposed to be arranged along one side thereof, and C represents the floor ;of the basement below, all as is usually found in the modern construction of gasworks, to which my invention is applied in the following manner:

In front of the discharge ends of the verieal rows of retorts and in suitable relation zhereto to receive the hot coke as itis being rithdrawn I secure suitable cast-iron spouts into the fioor, through which the hot coke nay be directly spouted into a closed quenchng vessel E, which is movahly suspended ielow the floor on wheels F, which are adapt d to travel upon track-rails G. suspended by 188111505 hangers II from the under side of he floor and provided with suitable means 'lOt shown) for drawing the vessel along the ack to any one of the spouts where it may e Wanted.

The quenching vessel is preferably contacted of boiler-plate with a cast-iron hood upon'it, which reaches with its top into osc proximity to the under side of the iouts D and has an inlet-opening 0, adapted register therewith, and which is preferably 'ovided with a cover I), which swings open wardly upon a horizontal pivot and is kept irmally closed by a counterweight c. VViththis hood, upon opposite sides, are fixed and permit it to open.

two sprinkler-heads J, formed of perforated pipe or in any other suitable manner and connected on the outside with a suitable source of water-supply, (notshown,) asby means ofa flexible hose K, suitably arranged to permit the shifting of the quenching vessel on the track vn'thout interfering with its water-supply. The sprinkler-heads are guarded from the falling coke, as by concealing them in niches or ofi'sets d in the hood, and they are adapted to sprinkle water upon the body of hot coke in the quenching vessel under control of a suitable valve. '(Not shown.) A separate carriage may be dispensed with by securing the axles of the wheels F directly to the hood. The hood is further provided with an exhaust-outlet L, cooperating with inlets M into an'exhaust-pipe N, placed at suitable height alongside the track and par-' allel therewith in such manner that when the uenching vessel coincides with any one of t 1e spouts D the exhaust-outletL will coincide with an inlet M into the exhaustpipe. These inlets are normally closed by covers 0, ivotall secured thereto, so that gravity wil close t em automatically, and the opening is also effected automatically by a curved fixed guide P, secured to the hood over the outlet L in the same path with the cover, so as to turn the cover out of the way as the guencliing Vessel moves into position. To efect a. close joint between the inlet and outlet, the latter is provided with an outwardlyprojecting yielding gasket Q, of felt, rubber, or other suitable material.

The quenching vessel has a hopper-shaped bottom suitably arranged for dumping the coke after it is uenched and cooled. Preferably I rovide the hopper with a side dumping- 001' h, which when opened spouts the coke into acart, as R, which may be drawn into position alongside upon a track. The door it forms one side of the hopper. It is hinged at f, and its lower edge when the door is closed is locked in position by a gutter T, which is supported by suitable trunnions in fixed bearings i in such manner that it can be rocked in its bearings a sufiicient amount to release the lower edge of the door A suitable handle is attached to one trunnion for operating this gutter, and the door is also rigged with a handle k fdr operating it conveniently, the two handles being in convenient proximity for an operator to manage both sin'iultaneously.

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The exhaustipe is intended to draw off the ases and ste m produced in quenching, and it should be connected to:an exhaust-fan or with a chimney, which if sufficient suction is produced thereby would render the use of the cover I) unnecessary.

My device is calculated to suit the conditions existin in modern gas plants and its advantages for saving labor and insuring safet in the handling of hot coke will be no readi y recognized.

Having thus fully described my invention,

-' 'what I claim is- 1. The combination of a quenching vessel mounted on wheels and. having an o ening on top for receivin the hot coke, a oor at the bottom for the ischarge of the quenched coke, means for producin a water-spray within the vessel and a trac from which said vessel is freely suspended below the discharge ends of a bank of retorts.-

2. The combination of a wheeled quenching vessel having an opening in its top for receiving the hot coke, a door at the bottom for the discharge of the quenched coke, means carried b the vessel for admitting water ;upon the ot coke in the vessel and a track from which said vessel is freely suspended below the discharge end of a bankof retorts.

3. The combination of a wheeled quenchk 4o ing yessel having an opening on top for receivlng the hot coke, an inwardly-opening door below said opening adapted to close automatically, a door at the bottom for the dis charge of the quenched coke, means carried by the vessel for spraylng the hot coke in the vessel with water, and a track from which said vessel is freely sus' ended below the dis charge end of a bank 0 retorts.

4. The combination with a bank of retorts having their discharge ends located above a main floor, of openin s in the main floor below the discharge ends of the retorts, a track suspended from the main floor below said openings, an exhaust-pipe extending parallel with the track and provided with inlet-opcn lngs corresponding to the openings in the floor, and a self-contained quenching vessel freely suspended on wheels from said track and provided with openings adapted to register with the openings in the floor and with the 0 things in the exhaustpipe.

5. Ihe combination with a bank of retorts having their-discharge ends located above a main floor provided with openings thereininto which t e hotcoke may be directly discharged from the retorts, of a quenching ves sel freely supported u' on a track below said openings and adapte to be registered with an one of said openings to receive the hot co e therefrom through an opening in its top, means carried by the quenching vessel for spraying the hot coke in the vessel and a door at the bottom of the quenching vessel for discharging the coke.

6. The combination with a bank of retorts having their discharge ends located above a main floor, of a quenching vessel freely susended from a track below a series of openmgs in said fioor with any one of which it is adapted to register and receive the hot coke therethrough, means carried within the vessel for quenching the hot coke, means for dumping the quenched coke from said vessel, an exhaust-outlet from the quenching vessel and an exhaust-pipe extending along the path of the quenching vessel and rovided with inlets in position to register wit the exhaust-outlet of the quenching vessel in its different operative positions.

7. A quenching vessel comprising abody portion adapted to contain a charge of hot coke, and rovided with means for dumping.

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the coke t erefrom, a hood extending a said body portion and provided with an inletopening in its top and carrying wheels for susending the vessel from rails, an exhaust-outet on one side of the hood and s rinklerheads secured in recesses within the 00d.

8. A quenching vessehcomprising a body portion adapted to receive a charge of hot coke and provided with means at the bottom for dumpin out the quenched coke, a gutter below t e bottom, adapted to collect the waste water from quenching the coke, a waste-pipe leading therefrom, a hood superposed upon the body portion and provided with an opening on top for the entrance of the hot coke, a gravity-closing door below said opening, a lateral exhaust-outlet from the hood for the door, sprinkling-heads in recesses within the hood, and wheels mounted on the hood and ada ted to suspend the vessel from suitable trac -rails.

9. The herein-described coke-quenching vessel, composed of the body portion Laving a hopper-shai'ed bottom, one side of which is hinged and ornis a door for dumping the coke therefrom, a gutter supported in trunnions below the hopper and adapted to 006 crate with the door to lock and uiilock t m same, a hood extending above the body portion and forming an inlet for the hot coke, a selfopening and closing door in said hood, means in said hood for discharging water upon the hot coke, connections between said means and a distant source of water-supply wheels adapted to freely suspcnd said vessel from track-rails and an exhaust-outlet from the hood adapted to connect the same with an ositions into which itmey he moved, and an 10. The combination witha bank of retorts I p must-outlet on the vesseladnpted to reghaving their discharge ends located above a l exl mam floor of a quenching vessel freely 5115- l lsterwnh saul1nlets,. zud inlets provided with pended from a. track below said lloor and covers adapted to be opened and closed in :5 5 adapted to register with a series of openings the travel of the vessel.

in t 1e floor, pipes leading from a source of In testimony whereof I affix my signature water-supply into said vessel, means for in presence of two witnesses. dumping the quenched coke from the vessel, l ERN EST LLOYD. an exhaust-pipe extending along the track so and provided with inlet-openings extending toward the vessel in the different operative 'itnesses:

LEWIS E. FLANDERS, Orro F. BARTHEL. 

